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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Fenwick (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Fenwick. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Fenwick is located in Colleton County.

To see how the shape of South Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Colleton County: Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Charleston, Dorchester, Hampton & Orangeburg.

Below are the counties that are near Fenwick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fenwick:

  • Colleton County     (The home county of Fenwick)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fenwick, with the one closest to Fenwick listed first.
    • Jacksonboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Green Pond
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Edisto Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Edisto Beach is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
    • Ritter
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • White Hall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • White Hall is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Drawdy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
    • Cottageville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
    • Round O
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Walterboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sidney
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Sidney is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
    • Sniders Crossroads
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sniders Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniders Crossroads
  • Beaufort County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fenwick, with the one closest to Fenwick listed first.
    • Dale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lobeco
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Frogmore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
    • Beaufort
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Polk Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Polk Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk Village
    • Sangster Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sangster Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangster Village
    • Seabrook
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sheldon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Tomotley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Tomotley is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotley
    • Burton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fripp Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Laurel Bay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Laurel Bay is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bay
  • Berkeley County
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fenwick, with the one closest to Fenwick listed first.
    • Adams Run
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Canady Landing ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Canady Landing is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canady Landing
    • Edisto Island
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Meggett
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Hollywood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ravenel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Rockville is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
    • Wadmalaw Island
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Seabrook Island
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Johns Island
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Kiawah Island
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Essex Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fenwick, with the one closest to Fenwick listed first.
    • Flowertown Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
    • Chandler Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
    • Brownsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Summerville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hampton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fenwick, with the one closest to Fenwick listed first.
    • Barkerville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Barkerville is located in Hampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkerville
      • Barkerville has also been known as:
      • Haywardville
    • Early Branch
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fenwick, see our County-by-County Page for Fenwick.

Cemeteries Near Fenwick ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fenwick.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Fenwick - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fenwick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fenwick, with the one closest to Fenwick listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

While we didn't find Fenwick in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fenwick.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Fenwick, with the one closest to Fenwick listed first.

  • Jacksonboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Ashepoo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ashepoo is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashepoo
  • Green Pond
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ritter
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ritter is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
  • White Hall
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • White Hall is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
  • Dale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Drawdy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
  • Hendersonville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Hendersonville is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendersonville
  • Beaufort
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Frogmore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
  • Cottageville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Coosaw
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Coosaw is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosaw
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Tomotley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Tomotley is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotley
    • Sheldon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Walterboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fenwick. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fenwick.

Newspapers Published in Fenwick ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fenwick.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fenwick, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fenwick.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Fenwick:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fenwick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fenwick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.